quote:That's pretty much my thought on it. This isn't missing a bang-bang play at first. This was just an instance of an umpire inserting himself into the game where he had no place or reason for doing so and it's really not forgivable in a game like that. Did that fat turd really think he was protecting the runners? Like they are gonna turn two from left field. Pathetic.

basically. They should change that rule to a post play anyways. Absolutely no reason the defense should benefit from not making a play

Just curious, why have the 3 errors not been mentioned in this thread? Or the stupid baserunning move?

I'm not really saying it was a good call, but there's so much fallback on it by Braves fans that it's more embarassing than throwing bottles on the field. You lost the game because the Braves played like shite.

Plus people were just tossing shite on the field to voice displeasure. 99% of the stuff was barely past the fences and not directed towards players. They wanted the umpires to force the game to forfeit

By the way, my son was at the game...his thought is how absurd it was that st Louis did not catch the ball...good grief, he got back under it, then gave way to the outfielder. The ump was trying to protect the runners. He and everyone around him was disgusted and embarrassed by the several hundred aholes who threw things. Had the ball been caught, a great call.

quote:That's the thing that makes the one game playoff so bad: one game doesn't decide who the better team is. You were the better team in that game last night, that doesn't show who the better team is overall though, and you know that.

Isn't that true with any playoff in sports no matter how many games each round is? Any given night.